Sports History Network

Celebrating the milestones in sports history made on January 8 throughout history by remembering the athletes and the jersey numbers that they wore. Come join us at the Sports Jersey Dispatch website or the Pigskin Dispatch website to see even more Positive football and Sports History news! Sign up to get daily football history headlines in your email inbox @  Email-subscriber . 

The Football History Dude is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear . NETWORK SPONSORS Row One  - the vintage shop for sports history fans! EPISODE SUMMARY George Bozeka stops by to share a little history of the Pro Football Researcher's Association and what to expect from the upcoming 2023 PFRA Convention in Pittsburgh, PA. PFRA WEBSITE THE FOOTBALL HISTORY DU...

Celebrating the milestones in sports history made on January 7 throughout history by remembering the athletes and the jersey numbers that they wore. Come join us at the Sports Jersey Dispatch website or the Pigskin Dispatch website to see even more Positive football and Sports History news! Sign up to get daily football history headlines in your email inbox @  Email-subscriber . 

Celebrating the milestones in sports history made on January 6 throughout history by remembering the athletes and the jersey numbers that they wore. Come join us at the Sports Jersey Dispatch website or the Pigskin Dispatch website to see even more Positive football and Sports History news! Sign up to get daily football history headlines in your email inbox @  Email-subscriber . 

Celebrating the milestones in sports history made on January 5 throughout history by remembering the athletes and the jersey numbers that they wore. Sports history is made every day of the year. We will preserve at least a small sampling of great athletes every day based on the uniform number they wore. Come join us at the Sports Jersey Dispatch website or the Pigskin Dispatch website to see...

The Football History Dude is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear . EPISODE SUMMARY With the tragic news of Damar Hamlin's injury this week , I thought it best to play the upbeat interview of Mike Utley, a player that suffered a catastrophic injury in 1991. Mike exemplifies positivity, tenacity in life, and someone that will fight for every inch no matter the...

Celebrating the milestones in sports history made on January 4 throughout history by remembering the athletes and the jersey numbers that they wore. Come join us at the Sports Jersey Dispatch website or the Pigskin Dispatch website to see even more Positive football and Sports History news! Sign up to get daily football history headlines in your email inbox @  Email-subscriber . 

 Pistol Pete’s time at Louisiana State University could not have gone better from an individual perspective, but the team did not win as many games as expected. While Pete was able to break Oscar Robertson’s all-time college scoring record, things at home were falling apart, and Hall-of-Fame coach John Wooden predicted Pete would never win a championship. CREDITS Rick Loayza: Head researcher, wri...

Yesterday's Sports is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear . EPISODE SUMMARY My top 15 quarterbacks of the 1970s are based partly on statistics and my honest opinion, having seen all of them play. It’s also based solely on play in the 1970s, and whatever they did during the 1960s or 1980s doesn’t count. You can read the full blog post here . YESTERDAY'S SPORT...

Celebrating the milestones in sports history made on January 3 throughout history by remembering the athletes and the jersey numbers that they wore. Come join us at the Sports Jersey Dispatch website or the Pigskin Dispatch website to see even more Positive football and Sports History news! Sign up to get daily football history headlines in your email inbox @  Email-subscriber . 

Celebrating the milestones in sports history made on January 2 throughout history by remembering the athletes and the jersey numbers that they wore. Come join us at the Sports Jersey Dispatch website or the Pigskin Dispatch website to see even more Positive football and Sports History news! Sign up to get daily football history headlines in your email inbox @  Email-subscriber . 

We bring the sports memories back to life by discussing some of the top milestone moments in sports history that occurred on January 1, discussing the players that performed them along with a jersey number that they may have worn that day. Come join us at the Sports Jersey Dispatch website or the Pigskin Dispatch website to see even more Positive football and Sports History news! Sign up to get da...

Happy New Year sports fans. Whenever we close the book on one year and move on to the next one, it is always a time to reflect on the past. In this episode of the Historically Speaking Sports Podcast, I will do just that. When I was nine years old I became captivated with college football. It was 1982 and there were 16 bowl games that year as opposed to the current list of 42 this year. We will go...

In this edition of the Sports Break, we cover the top events in sports history along with the players and athletes that were a part of them on December 31. As a bonus, we also place the jersey number worn at the time with the athlete. Come join us at the Sports Jersey Dispatch website or the Pigskin Dispatch website to see even more Positive football and Sports History news! Sign up to get daily f...

In this edition of the Sports Break, we cover the top events in sports history along with the players and athletes that were a part of them on December 30. As a bonus, we also place the jersey number worn at the time with the athlete. Come join us at the Sports Jersey Dispatch website or the Pigskin Dispatch website to see even more Positive football and Sports History news! Sign up to get daily f...

Join Gridiron Greats Magazine Publisher and Editor Bob Swick along with his co-host Joe Squires for the all new 2022 podcast of Gridiron Greats Magazine-The Podcast Gridiron Greats Magazine is the only publication in America which focuses upon the history and memorabilia of the North American Football Game since its inception in 1869. Covering 150+ years of football history and memorabilia, Gridir...

In this edition of the Sports Break, we cover the top events in sports history along with the players and athletes that were a part of them on December 29. As a bonus, we also place the jersey number worn at the time with the athlete. Come join us at the Sports Jersey Dispatch website or the Pigskin Dispatch website to see even more Positive football and Sports History news! Sign up to get daily f...

The Football History Dude is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear . EPISODE SUMMARY Timothy J. Brown is the author of  How Football Became Football  and his newly released book,  Hut! Hut! Hike!: A History of Pro Football Terminology . Tim is also the author over at his substack -  footballarchaeology.com . This is an FHD VAULT episode, and the reason I bring...

When Football Is Football is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear . EPISODE SUMMARY Something didn’t look right… It was the morning of December 28, 1947, 75 years ago today, and both the Philadelphia Eagles and the Chicago Cardinals were preparing for their eagerly awaited NFL title game at Comiskey Park in Chicago. Despite the presence of 18 tons of hay bein...

In this edition of the Sports Break, we cover the top events in sports history along with the players and athletes that were a part of them on December 28. As a bonus, we also place the jersey number worn at the time with the athlete. Come join us at the Sports Jersey Dispatch website or the Pigskin Dispatch website to see even more Positive football and Sports History news! Sign up to get daily f...

Yesterday's Sports is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear . NETWORK SPONSORS Row One  - the vintage shop for sports history fans! THRIVE FANTASY  - a daily fantasy sports app for player props. Use promo code SHN or this link when you sign up today and you will receive a 100% instant first deposit match up to $100! EPISODE SUMMARY My top 15 quarterb...

When Football Is Football is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear . EPISODE SUMMARY As we continue our tribute to the 1947 Chicago Cardinals NFL championship, we head back to December 27, 1947, the day before the title game with the Philadelphia Eagles at Comiskey Park in Chicago. Absolutely no one gave the Eagles a chance in this game, except, perhaps Cardin...

 On our first 3-part episode, Rick covers the story of the great “Pistol” Pete Maravich, one of the most influential players in NBA history. In this first episode, we cover his family history and childhood, especially how his father, Press Maravich, provided him with college-level coaching from day 1 and pushed him to be the best he could be... and more. CREDITS Rick Loayza: Head researcher, writ...

The Official PFRA Podcast is part of the  Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear . LINKS The Official PFRA Podcast Website The Professional Football Researchers Association Website EPISODE SUMMARY Jon and George kick-off The Official PFRA Podcast by chatting with Mark Miller. Mark played for the Browns during the Kardiac Kids era and had a short stint with the Packers...

In this edition of the Sports Break, we cover the top events in sports history along with the players and athletes that were a part of them on December 27. As a bonus, we also place the jersey number worn at the time with the athlete. Come join us at the Sports Jersey Dispatch website or the Pigskin Dispatch website to see even more Positive football and Sports History news! Sign up to get daily f...